cover THIS SIDE OF PARADISE By F. Scott Fitzgerald … Well this side of Paradise!… There’s little comfort in the wise. —Rupert Brooke. Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes. —Oscar Wilde. To SIGOURNEY FAY CONTENTS BOOK ONE—The Romantic Egotist CHAPTER 1. Amory, Son of…
Month: July 2022
Emily of New Moon by Lucy Maud Montgomery
EMILY OF NEW MOON “AND THEN IN ONE GLORIOUS, SUPREME MOMENT CAME THE ‘FLASH’” EMILY OF NEW MOON BY L. M. MONTGOMERY Author of “Anne of Green Gables,” “The Story Girl,” “Rainbow Valley,” “Rilla of Ingleside,” “Anne’s House of Dreams,” etc. WITH FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR BY M. L KIRK NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY…
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Chapter One The queen, for her part, is the unifying force of the community; if she is removed from the hive, the workers very quickly sense her absence. After a few hours, or even less, they show unmistakable signs of queenlessness. —Man and Insects At night…
Tuck Everlasting
“You really have to love words if you’re going to be a writer, because as a writer, you certainly spend a lot of time with words.” ― Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting “What is your suggestion for someone who wants to start writing? Be a reader. It’s the only real way to learn how to tell…
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night Dylan Thomas – 1914-1953 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning…
Witch of Blackbird Pond
THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE WINNER OF THE NEWBERY MEDAL CHAPTER ONE ON A MORNING in mid-April, 1687, the brigantine Dolphin left the open sea, sailed briskly across the Sound to the wide mouth of the Connecticut River and into Saybrook harbor. Kit Tyler had been on the forecastle deck since daybreak,…
October As A Theme in Literature
“First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys.” ― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes “The dust was antique spice, burnt maple leaves, a prickling blue that teemed and sifted to earth. Swarming its own shadows, the dust filtered over the tents.” ― Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury must…
Looking at Lit Online Book Club Free
Here Are Just a Few of the Titles That We’ll Discuss in the Looking at Lit Club: The Flowers by Alice Walker When it is possible, I’ll share some of an author’s longer works, lie Alike Walker’s seminal novel The Color Purple.
A Rose for Emily – William Faulkner
A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner I WHEN Miss Emily Grierson died, our whole town went to her funeral: the men through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see the inside of her house, which no one save an old man-servant–a combined gardener and…
Five Ways of Looking at Roses – Class 4 b
A Red, Red Rose BY ROBERT BURNS O my Luve is like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve is like the melody That’s sweetly played in tune. So fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I; And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’…